Feature centric release manager method and system

• US 20020165742A1
• Filed: 03/31/2000
• Published: 11/07/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siebel Systems Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Robins, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 7,266,502 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0635 Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06375 Prediction of business process outcome or impact based on a proposed change
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06395 Quality analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data

Abstract

A feature centric method of and system for monitoring the development and release process of a product. monitoring the development and release of a product, where the product is characterized by having a plurality of features is described. The method steps, which the system is configured to carry out, include enumerating features to be included in the product, enumerating tasks, task milestones, and task milestone completions identified to the features; enumerating required task approvals and feature approvals and completed task approvals and feature approvals, and enumerating required associated activities and completed associated activities. The enumeration preferably includes information to show linkages, associations, priorities, milestones, and missed milestones.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring the development and release of a product having a plurality of features comprising the steps of:

a) enumerating features to be included in the product; and

b) enumerating and linking tasks, task milestones, task milestone attainments, task approvals, feature approvals, completed task approvals, task completions, and completed feature approvals to a feature.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising enumerating the tasks, task milestones, task milestone attainments, task approvals, feature approvals, completed task approvals, task completions, and completed features to a repository.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the repository is a database.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the database is a relational database.

5. The method of claim 2 each of the features has a primary key, comprising assigning a unique key to every task, milestone, completion, and approval and linking every said task, milestone, completion, and approval to a feature.

6. The method of claim 5 comprising generating views of the features and linked tasks.

7. The method of claim 6 comprising generating views of the feature entries and linked tasks by filtering on the feature key and links to tasks.

8. A system resident on one or more computers for monitoring the development and release of a product having a plurality of features, said system configured to:

a) enumerate features to be included in the product; and

b) enumerate and link tasks, task milestones, task milestone attainments, task approvals, feature approvals, completed task approvals, task completions, and completed feature approvals to a feature.

9. The system of claim 8, said system further configured to enumerate the tasks, task milestones, task milestone attainments, task approvals, feature approvals, completed task approvals, task completions, and completed features to a repository.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the repository is a database.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the database is a relational database.

12. The system of claim 9 each of the features has a primary key, and the system is configured to assign a unique key to every task, milestone, completion, and approval and linking every said task, milestone, completion, and approval to a feature.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the system is configured to generate views of the features and linked tasks.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the system is configured to generate views of the feature entries and linked tasks by filtering on the feature key and links to tasks.